7 Worst Powders

No. 1: L'Oreal Paris Bare Naturale Gentle Mineral Foundation, $15.25 TotalBeauty.com average reader rating: 6.2*Why: This foundation is "difficult and dreadful" and "not worth it." The powder is "very cakey" and it makes your face look like you applied "makeup with a spatula." This product will "clog your pores if you have acne prone skin," says one reader. Many readers find it also makes their faces itch and enhances any dryness on the skin. Readers agree they "would not recommend this poorly-made powder to anyone."

Drug store mineral foundations are crap and most contain chemicals anyway. I wear mineral foundation from Ocean Mist Cosmetics (I've been wear MM for 10 years and this is the BEST I've found and I've tried them all). Though one complaint I've seen almost constantly is people saying a mineral foundation is cakey. Let me tell you this, if you try multiple mineral foundations and they all cake... YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG.